Dog Agility Partnership, Performance & Behaviour Specialist

Most people teach skills. I teach the partnership that makes those skills work!

You can have all the skills in the world, but if the partnership breaks down under pressure, those skills won’t show up when it matters.

My Approach:

Rather than focusing purely on training skills, I help handlers build the partnership that makes those skills work. By looking at the whole picture, the dog, the handler, and the patterns between them, we can identify what’s really affecting performance and make clearer, more effective decisions under pressure.

As a Grade 7 agility handler, qualified agility behaviour specialist, mindset coach, and author of The Dark Side of Dog Agility, I bring over 11 years of experience helping handlers develop confidence, understanding, and stronger partnerships with their dogs. My approach goes beyond teaching exercises. It’s about understanding why things happen and creating lasting change that holds up in training and in the competition ring.

I also have extensive experience supporting neurodivergent handlers click here for more information.

I saw so much displacement from so many dogs on the start line today and I just wanted to give the handlers your business card. If anyone is struggling with focus and partnership with their dog Katrina is someone to work with – Nic Jones

How Can I Help You:

Discover The Ideas Behind My Approach

The Dark Side of Dog Agility explores why success isn’t just about handling techniques or training plans. It looks at the relationship, mindset and partnership that influence what happens when you step onto the start line.

Whether you’re struggling with confidence, pressure, or understanding your dog, the book explains the principles that underpin everything I teach.

coming very soon!!

Spotlight 60 (Online)

A focused 60-minute online clarity session designed to help you understand what is really happening within your dog–handler partnership.

We look beyond surface-level training issues to explore behaviour, communication, decision-making, and emotional dynamics on both ends of the lead, and how these are influencing performance in agility.

You’ll leave with clear direction, practical next steps, and a better understanding of what needs to shift to support progress moving forward.

spotlight 60 information

Anxious to Amazing

A complete agility confidence programme designed to help you and your dog navigate pressure, confidence and competition.

Originally delivered as a live programme, From Anxious to Amazing is now available as a self-paced learning experience, giving you immediate access to all eight modules, workbooks and resources.

Created for handlers who feel that despite the training, something still isn’t transferring when it matters most, this programme explores both the practical and emotional side of agility performance.

Using my unique Anxious Framework, you’ll learn how to better understand the patterns affecting both you and your dog, build confidence under pressure and create a stronger, more connected partnership both in training and competition.

Lifetime access. Work through it at your own pace. Revisit it whenever you need to.

More info, click here!

In-Person Performance Sessions

These sessions go beyond surface-level training and instead look at how behaviour, communication, and decision-making are showing up in the moment — both from the dog and the handler. Working in an arena setting, we can assess patterns as they happen and explore practical, real-time adjustments to improve performance under pressure.

This is ideal if you want direct, tailored support that bridges the gap between training at home and performing in the ring.

👉 Click here to find out more about in-person sessions!

Self-Study & Online Resources

If you prefer to work through things in your own time, these self-study resources are designed to help you understand the key mindset, behaviour, and performance factors that influence agility.

They give you insight into both the dog and handler side of performance, helping you start to see what may be impacting progress and consistency.

View Resources here

Dog Agility Unmasked Podcast

The Ground Zero to Grade 7 podcast has had an upgrade!

Now rebranded as Dog Agility Unmasked, it’s all about understanding the neurodivergent agility experience — for both handlers and their dogs.

It’s a must-listen for neurodivergent and neurotypical handlers alike, as well as trainers and show organisers who want to create a more supportive, inclusive agility community.

Listen for free now!